The Boer Wars was the name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. After the first Boer War William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal.
The Boers, under the leadership of Paul Kruger, resented the colonial policy of Joseph Chamberlain and Alfred Milner which they feared would deprive the Transvaal of its independence. After receiving military equipment from Germany, the Boers had a series of successes on the borders of Cape Colony and Natal between October 1899 and January 1900. Although the Boers only had 88,000 soldiers, led by the outstanding soldiers such as Louis Botha, and Jan Smuts, the Boers were able to successfully besiege the British garrisons at Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley.
Army reinforcements arrived in South Africa in 1900 and counter-offences relieved the garrisons and enabled the British to take control of the Boer capital, Pretoria, on 5th June. For the next two years groups of Boer commandos raided isolated British units in South Africa. Lord Kitchener, the Chief of Staff in South Africa, reacted to this by destroying Boer farms and moving civilians into concentration camps.
The British action in South Africa was strongly opposed by many leading Liberal politicians and most of the Independent Labour Party as an example of the worst excesses of imperialism. The Boer War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. The peace settlement brought to an end the Transvaal and the Orange Free State as Boer republics. However, the British granted the Boers £3 million for restocking and repairing farm lands and promised eventual self-government (granted in 1907).
Is it no wonder that black Africans, kafirs hate Europeans? To feed their own kind for bait? Hey! Wake upn you stupid Afrikaners, you HAD a deal with God for your subsistence. What did you do?….. Sold your souls for the American dream, money, greed, selfishness. You took your faith from God and gave it to the democratic dream, because you thought you will gain. Gha! Hope you got tents boys, because thats the next democratic dream… shame… poor humans…
The Boers are not descendents of Dutch settlers. The Boers are the descendents of the German & Frisian peasants that the Dutch took out of Europe & then dumped at the Cape. The Boers are also significantly descended from the numerous French Huguenot refugees who arrived at the Cape. Names like Joubert / Du Toit / Naudé / Du Plessis / Nel / Cronjé / Nordier / Nortje / De Klerk / Le Grange / Roux among others are of French origin. The Boers were not granted in 1907 true self government.
The reason why the Natalia Republic gets more attention than the earlier Boer Republics has a lot to do with the tumultuous history of its establishment & the fact that it was created by Andries Pretorius & the bulk of the Voortrekkers while the republics north of the Orange River were created by Hendrik Potgieter & a smaller number of Voortrekkers. The first republics of 1795 only lasted a year before the British arrived & annexed them during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Natalia Republic was in fact not the first Boer Republic. The first Boer Republics were Swellendam & Graaff-Reinet in 1795 when the Boers rebelled against Dutch rule. The first Boer Republics during the Great Trek were Winburg in 1836 / then Potchefstroom in 1837 / THEN Natalia in 1839. Furthermore the map of the Natalia Republic is wrong as the Natalia Republic was comprised of about HALF of what was posted. This has inspired myself to create a better video presentation.
Then you show the right map for the Great Trek at 1:45. But: The Great Trek involved mainly the Boers of the eastern Cape frontier. The bulk of the White Afrikaans speakers -who were located mainly in the Western Cape- DID NOT GO on the Great Trek & ridiculed it as they were not from the Boer communities & thus happy with Colonial rule.
Long before the British arrived. The Boers had their first freedom struggle against the Dutch. The towns of Swellendam & Graaff-Reinet were set up by the Cape Dutch (proto Cape based Afrikaners) in order to control the Trekboers (proto Boers) who were not Colonists but a TRIBE! The Boers did not come from somewhere else: they were formed on African soil out of the diverse groups the VOC dumped at the Cape. The ancestors of the Boers were FORCED to the Cape by the ACTUAL Colonists.
There are some significant errors in this otherwise no so bad presentation. The notion that the Afrikaners trekked is historically unsound as the term was not used at the time & was init used by the Cape Dutch who later APPLIED it to Boers as well. The Boers went on the Great Trek. & it did not start until 1835! Not in 1806. Then you show the WRONG MAP. The Trekboer treks were a natural trek inland by Boers attempting to get away from the Dutch rulers. LOOK AT THE DATES! 1720 / 1725 / 1730.
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what song is this??
they should have just trekked home
and took their half caste spawn with them
costly yes…
we won though. hahaha. and you ate our tea tasting shit.
how you like them apples.
You foolish people have stolen a lot in Africa, sis, shit
You and I have exchange some unpleasant words, but I hate to see anyone butchered, white or black. It is horrible and evil and just plain wrong. Timechanging, I pray you and your family will be ok.
Timechanging, I know you will probably think I am crazy but try mailing Oprah’s yourtube vlog and let her know what is happening in SA to the white farmers. She has enough influence world wide to maybe draw attention to it. You need someone with big contacts to get attention to the problem.
I prayed today for all the people of South Africa. I hope you stay safe sariola1, and I really dont know what you can do except maybe like Timechanging is doing, to get awareness of what is REALLY going on in SA to the youtube community. Oprah has a vlog here now mail her.
Hahaa, you are so funny! Where can I find such a safe place? Running away is not the decision. I would rather stop african invasion in to my people’s area. The problem with this is that it seems to be illegal to say that nowadays in all over Europe.
Maybe you should consider moving too Timechanging. Why put your family at risk? Move.
Then my only advice would be to leave. Go live somewhere else, and take your family to a safer place.
a petition lol i cant believe you that stupid this africa you show the govement the petition and they will oder your death that same day….
things are done here by ak47 not a pen and paper
Ever tried to communicate with African immigrants? Well, mostly I see them loitering in public places. At same time official crime statistics tell a sad story, more and more rapings, robberings and oyher crimes are done by immigrants. And I have just one life…
Dear ginginnyme, my purpose is not to offend you or any other but the fact is fact, you and me can not change it.
I don’t know where you live, you for some reason have never stated where you live. like I told the other man here go complain to high level officials, get a petition signed by as many whites as you can and complain to your government about it.
I DON’T have a problem with any people. My point is that while u are complaining about something what happened 350y ago in SA, today we have the same problem otherwise. Africans are occupying space in countries. Many suburbs have changed in to nogozones for natives even in my country.
You are far from a friend of mine and unless I am addressing you, please refrain from commenting on my remarks to other people here. Thank You “friend”
Freedom of opinion and speech, dont forget that my friend.
There are no restrictions of that sort under the “terms of use” in this case
Timechanging, I was not addressing you, I was mailing to sariola1. Thank you not to intefere friend. Reading seems to be your problem not mine. Thank you